A senior Leicestershire police officer, who had been suspended over allegations of gross misconduct and fraud, has been killed after being struck by a train in Gloucestershire.

Assistant Chief Constable Gordon Fraser was due to appear in court on Monday on separate charges of perverting the course of justice.

Fraser was struck on Friday by the 10:22am train from Paddington to Hereford. His body was found on the tracks in Aston Magna, Moreton-in-the-Marsh shortly after midday.

He was pronounced dead on the scene and British Transport police are not treating his death as suspicious.

Leicestershire police said its members are "deeply shocked and saddened" by his death. The force said it had offered Fraser welfare support during his suspension.

Fraser and his wife, Teresa, also a police officer, had been charged with perverting the course of justice over a speeding fine in Scotland. Mrs Fraser is accused of accepting responsibility for speeding in Strathclyde in September 2011 when it is alleged that Fraser himself was at the wheel. They were officially charged with a criminal offence and appeared in court in July 2012. The case was being investigated by the Hertfordshire constabulary. Mrs Fraser had been suspended from duty pending the outcome of the case.

Once hailed for turning around a failing police unit in Birmingham while with the West Midlands police, Fraser's star fell dramatically when he was suspended in December 2010 while being investigated by Merseyside Police. Little detail is known of the allegations of gross misconduct and fraud.